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MASSAGE APPARATUS.

APPLICATION man MAR. 17, 1916.

SAMUEL H. SCANDLYN, OF PARK CITY, TENNESSEE.

MASSAGE APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13, 191?.

Application filed March 17, 1916. Serial No. 84,827.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, SAMUEL I-I. SCAND- LYN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Park City, in the county of Knox and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Massage Apparatus, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to" the accompanying drawing.

My improvement relates particularly to massage apparatus comprising a vibratory member which bears upon the surface of any portion of the body which is to be treated. The apparatus is specially applicable for treatment of the scalp.

The object of my improvement is to provide convenient and effective means for applying liquid to the surface upon which said vibratory member is operating. A further object of the improvement is to provide for conveniently substituting one such liquid. for another and also for detaching the parts concerned with the delivery of such liquid when no liquid is to be used.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of an apparatus embodying my improvement;

Fig. 2 is a detail sectional elevation of another form of the apparatus;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, the mechanism being of a different form.

Referring to said drawings, A is the body of the instrument; B is the handle whereby said instrument is held by the hand of the operator; and C is a vibratory stem extending into the body, A, and swiveled at C and receiving movement from a crank wheel, N, of an electric motor, M, located within the body, A, and receiving current through the conductors, D, leading from a source of current through the handle, B, into the motor. Since tlns portion of the apparatus has been heretofore usd, I deem it unnecessary to describe the same in-detail, but make reference to United States Patent, No. 816,506, granted to William G. Shelton, March 27, 1906, for a massage instrument.

On the lower end of the stem, C, is a head, E, which partakes of the vibrations or agitation of said stem. Said head is of the form of a boil or an inverted cup and has a main wall, E and an inner supplemental wall, E in which are perforations, E Between the walls, E and E is a chamber, E*. On the wall, IE at one side of the stem. is a nipple, E opening into the chamber, E Along the outer edge of the upper end wall of the body, A, is an annular wall, F, rising above said end and being interiorly screw threaded to receive the eXteriorly screw threaded neck, G of the bottle, t. F, do not extend entirely to the end of the body, A. A branch, F extends outward from the wall, F, and is bored to open through the wall, F, below the threaded portion of said wall. In the bore of said branch is a valve seat, F A valve stem, F lies in the outer portion of said branch and is adapted to be driven against said seat, F On said branch, outward of said head, is a nipple, H, opening into the bore.

of said branch. A piece of flexible tubing, I, has one end surrounding the nipple, H, while the other end surrounds the nipple, E

When the apparatus is to be used for the application of the liquid, the valve, F is driven to its seat and a bottle, G, containing the desired kind of liquid, is screwed into the wall, F, the body, A, being at the time inverted and the neck of the bottle being directed upward. Then the instrument is turned to bring the head, E, below and the bottle, G, above, as shown in Fig. 1. Then the valve stem, F is retracted to permit the desired flow of liquid through the branch, F nip'ple, H, flexible tube, I, and the nipple, E Then the apparatus is ready for use. The motor in the body, A, is then started and the head, E, is placed upon the surface which is to be treated. Then the head, E, vibrates and thus acts mechanically upon said surface, and at the same time liquid issues from the chamber, E through the perforations, E and spreads upon said surface.

If a different liquid is to be used, the bottle, G, is removed and a bottle, G, containing the other liquid, is screwed into position on the body A. When the apparatusis to be used without applying liquid, the bottle, G, may be removed and the instrument operated without said bottle.

Any desired liquid, such as water, alcohol, oil, etc., medicated or otherwise, may be used.

In Fig. 2, the wall, F, is not formed directly on the body, A, but on a base, F which has a downward-directed member, F extending downward over the outer side face of the body, A, and secured thereto frictionally. or in any other suitable man- The threads on the annular wall,

ner, as by means of screws, F, extending through said member into the body, A,

In Fig. 3 the construction is similar to that shown in Fig. 2, excepting that the base, F, has only a small flange, F and upright screws, F, extend through said base into the end Wall of the body, A, said flange holding the base against lateral movement and said screws binding the base against the end of the body, A.

In the several forms, the annular wall, F, incloses a space which is to receive the neck of the bottle and through which liquid is to flow to the branch, F Because said space is to receive the neck of the bottle, it may be termed the neck space.-

I claim as my invention,

1. In a massage apparatus, the combination of a body, interiorly screw-threaded means on the upper end of said body forming a neck space, an inverted bottle having an exteriorly screw-threaded neck fitted into said, space, a vibratory head adapted for the passage of liquid therethrough and located below said body, and flexible means forming a passage from said neck space into said head, substantially as described.

2. In a massage apparatus, the combination of a body, interiorly screw-threaded means on the upper end of said body forming a neck space, an inverted bottle having an exteriorly screw-threaded neck fitted into said space, a nipple communicating with said neck space, a vibratory head adapted for the passage of liquid therethrough and located below said body and bearing a nipple, and a flexible tube having its ends attached to said nipples, substantially as described.

3. In a massage apparatus, the combination of a body, interiorly screw-threaded means on the upper end of said body forming a neck space, an inverted bottle having an exteriorly screw-threaded neck fitted into said space, a valved branch communicating with said neck space, a vibratory head adapted for the passage of liquid therethrough and located below said body, and flexible means forming a passage from said branchto said head, substantially as described.

4. In a massage apparatus, the combination of a body, interiorly screw-threaded means integral with the upper end of said body and -forming a neck space, an inverted bottle having an exteriorly screw-threaded neck fitted into said space, a vibratory head adapted for the passage of liquid therethrough and located below said body, and flexible means forming a passage from said neck space into said head, substantially as described.

F4 in a massage apparatus, the combination of a body, interiorly screw-threaded means integral with the upper end of said body and forming a neck space, an inverted bottle having an exteriorly screw-threaded neck fitted into said space, a nipple communicating with said neck space, a vibratory head adapted for the passage of liquid therethrough and located below said body and bearing a nipple,and a flexible tube having its ends attached to said nipples, substantially as described.

6. In a massage apparatus, the combination of a body, interiorly screw-threaded means integral with the upper end of said body and forming a neck space, an inverted bottle having an exteriorly screw-threaded neck fitted into said space, a valved branch communicating with said neck space, a vibratory head adapted for they passage of liquid therethrough and located below said body, and flexible means forming a passage from said branch to said head, substantially as described.

7. In a massage apparatus, the combination of a body, an inverted bottle detachably secured to said body, an agitatory head adapted for the passage of liquid therethrough and located below said body and said bottle, and flexible means forming a passage from said bottle into said head,

' substantially as described.

9. In a massage apparatus, the cornbination of a body, an inverted bottle detachably secured to said body, an agitatory head adapted for the passage of liquid therethrough and located below said body and said bottle, an electric motor for agitating said head, and flexible means forming a passage from said bottle into said head, substantially as described.

10. In a massage apparatus, the combina tion of a body, an inverted bottle detachably secured to said body, an agitatory head adapted for the passage of liquid therethrough and located below said body and said bottle, an electric motor for agitating said head, and valved flexible means forming a passagefrom said bottle into said head, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name, this fourteenth day of March, in the year one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

SAMUEIJ H. SCANDLYN. 

